William Ritter

That the battles are usually in her head does not lessen the bravery of it. The hardest ones always are.

I have ceased concerning myself with how things look to others, Abigail Rook. I suggest you do the same. In my experience, others are generally wrong.

This world is full of dragon-slayers. What we need are a few more people who aren't too proud to listen to a few fish.So often,” Jackaby said, “people think that when we arrive at a crossroads, we can choose only one path, but—as I have often and articulately postulated—people are stupid. We’re not walking the path. We are the path. We are all of the roads and all of the intersections. Of course you can choose both.

Monsters are easy, Miss Rook. They're monsters. But a monster in a suit? That's basically just a wicked man, and a wicked man is a more dangerous thing by far.

I wondered which was sadder, leaving someone to cry after you were gone, or not having anyone who would miss you in the first place.